In the oil shale deposits it is the relationship be- tween organic matter and mineral matter that de- termines how much oil can be obtained. At onc extreme we  solid material (kerogen) that converts to liquid oil when heated. Oil shale deposits exist in 37 countries globally, but the largest and highest quality oil shale 

Potential Shale Oil in Place in the Oil. 14. 15. Shale Deposits of theUnited States . . . . . Potential Shale Oil in Place in the Green. River Formation: Colorado, Utah  In the oil shale deposits it is the relationship be- tween organic matter and mineral matter that de- termines how much oil can be obtained. At onc extreme we  solid material (kerogen) that converts to liquid oil when heated. Oil shale deposits exist in 37 countries globally, but the largest and highest quality oil shale  14 Mar 2016 The most important oil-shale deposits are those of the Eocene Green River Formation in the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming in the United  Oil Shale Timeline (Source: Shell Mahogany Research Project, 2004). 1909 U.S. Government creates U.S. Naval Oil Shale Reserve. 1910 Oil shale lands  24 Jun 2014 For some years now, the search for alternative sources of raw materials has concentrated on oil shale deposits. As the exploitation of these raw 

Although information about many oil shale (OS) deposits is rudimentary and much exploratory drilling and analytical work needs to be done, the potential 

Oil shale reserves refers to oil shale resources that are economically recoverable under current economic conditions and technological abilities. Oil shale deposits range from small presently economically unrecoverable to  Deposits of oil shale are in many parts of the world. These deposits, which range from Cambrian to Tertiary age, may occur as minor accumulations of little or no  The oil shale deposits range from Ordovician to Cretaceous in age and include deposits of lacustrine and marine origin; as many as 19 deposits have been  Oil Shale. Oil shale is generally a deposit of fine clastic minerals consisting of calcite, quartz, illite, smectite, k-feldspar, albite, and pyrite as well as rich  28 Jan 2020 Oil shale, any sedimentary rock containing various amounts of solid organic Major oil shale deposits of this type are the huge Green River 

14 Mar 2016 The most important oil-shale deposits are those of the Eocene Green River Formation in the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming in the United 

24 Oct 2010 Like petroleum deposits, kerogen is derived from the decomposition of various plants but has not been exposed to significant pressure and heat  2018 The organic pigments come from oil shale deposits drilled by an energy exploration company in the Taoudeni Basin in Mauritania, West Africa, about ten   Worldwide deposits of oil in shale are estimated at 2.8 trillion barrels of recoverable oil, which is a conservative figure given that oil shale resources from some 

Green River Formation deposits with richness greater than 25 g/t. If technologies to extract oil from shale can be proven, as much as 600 to 800 billion barrels of 

Oil shale is a fine-grained organic-rich sedimentary rock that can produce substantial amounts of oil and combustible gas upon destructive distillation. Oil shales  Potential Shale Oil in Place in the Oil. 14. 15. Shale Deposits of theUnited States . . . . . Potential Shale Oil in Place in the Green. River Formation: Colorado, Utah  In the oil shale deposits it is the relationship be- tween organic matter and mineral matter that de- termines how much oil can be obtained. At onc extreme we 

14 Mar 2016 The most important oil-shale deposits are those of the Eocene Green River Formation in the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming in the United 

25 Sep 2006 Chevron Shale Oil Company's oil shale development proposal is one of the five They are working on the biggest oil shale deposits in the US. Commercial grades of oil shale, as determined by their yield of shale oil, ranges from about 100 to 200 liters per metric ton (l/t) of rock. The U.S. Geological Survey has used a lower limit of about 40 l/t for classification of Federal oil-shale lands. Others have suggested a limit as low as 25 l/t. A 2016 conservative estimate set the total world resources of oil shale equivalent to yield of 6.05 trillion barrels (962 billion cubic metres) of shale oil, with the largest resource deposits in the United States accounting for more than 80% of the world total resource. Numerous deposits of oil shale, ranging from Precambrian to Tertiary age, are present in the United States. The two most important deposits are in the Eocene Green River Formation in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah and in the Devonian-Mississippian black shales in the eastern United States. A 2016 estimate set the total world resources of oil shale equivalent to yield of 6.05 trillion barrels (962 billion cubic metres) of shale oil, with the largest resource deposits in the United States accounting more than 80% of the world total resource. The USGS Energy Resources Program has studied oil shale resources of the United States, with a significant effort on the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. This formation contains the largest oil shale deposits in the world.

Oil shale is a fine-grained organic-rich sedimentary rock that can produce substantial amounts of oil and combustible gas upon destructive distillation. Oil shales  Potential Shale Oil in Place in the Oil. 14. 15. Shale Deposits of theUnited States . . . . . Potential Shale Oil in Place in the Green. River Formation: Colorado, Utah  In the oil shale deposits it is the relationship be- tween organic matter and mineral matter that de- termines how much oil can be obtained. At onc extreme we  solid material (kerogen) that converts to liquid oil when heated. Oil shale deposits exist in 37 countries globally, but the largest and highest quality oil shale  14 Mar 2016 The most important oil-shale deposits are those of the Eocene Green River Formation in the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming in the United